Subscribe Today!The Baltimore Speakers Series invites you to join us at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to experience the ultimate in cultural engagement -- seven evenings of diverse opinions, profound insights and fascinating discussion on a broad range of issues. Pulitzer Prize winners, world leaders, statesmen, distinguished journalists, authors and other celebrated personalities have enlightened and inspired our audiences. Come experience a season of provocative and captivating speakers amidst the grand ambiance of Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. You will be charmed, challenged and entertained.

The speakers for the 2017-2018 season are:

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)
October 3, 2017

The youngest U.K. Prime Minister in two centuries, Cameron came to power in 2010 at a moment of economic crisis and led a transformation of the U.K.’s economy. As its leader for more than a decade, he successfully remodeled the Conservative Party with a modern compassionate agenda. Cameron resigned in 2016 following the U.K. vote to leave the European Union.

Meacham won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Andrew Jackson. He has also profiled Thomas Jefferson and, most recently, George H. W. Bush in a body of work that spans from the Founding Fathers to the Civil Rights Era. A former editor-in-chief of Newsweek and a contributing editor to Time magazine, he now serves as the executive editor at Random House.

Television Journalist and Author
November 14, 2017Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Pauley is currently the anchor of CBS Sunday Morning and previously best known for her 13-year tenure on NBC's Today, followed by 12 years as co-host of Dateline NBC. Her bestselling memoir Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue made public her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and was followed by Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life.

Currently a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Wright has received numerous awards for her reporting for The New Yorker and other publications. Of her many books on the Middle East, her most recent, Rock the Casbah, was deemed the best book on international affairs by the Overseas Press Club.

Author, Television Host and European Travel Guide
February 27, 2018Tuesday, 8 p.m.

In addition to authoring numerous European travel guides, Steves is the host of the public television series Rick Steves' Europe and a public radio show called Travel with Rick Steves. He advocates independent travel, encouraging Americans to become "temporary locals" and visit cozy villages away from popular tourist routes, in addition to seeing the major cities.

Astronaut and Former Congresswoman
March 27, 2018Tuesday, 8 p.m.

A Gulf War naval aviator, Kelly became a NASA Space Shuttle pilot in 1996. In total, he flew four space missions, including commanding the final mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Kelly will be joined briefly by Giffords, his wife and the former congresswoman from Arizona who was the target of an attempted assassination in 2011.

An award-winning National Geographic photographer, Nicklen uses his camera to reveal the nature of the changing polar regions as the result of climate change. He works as an interpreter and translator of what scientists say about environmental challenges. Nicklen grew up among the Inuit and developed a life-long interest in wildlife and the environment in which they live.

The lectures are held on Tuesday evenings, from October through April. Subscribers to the Baltimore Speakers Series have guaranteed seats to all 7 lectures. You will have the chance to interact with each speaker, as each event will conclude with a question and answer session. Please note that the Baltimore Speakers Series is only sold by subscription to the entire series.

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